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01-18-2021, 09:25 PMCompany pays for steel toe boots safety glasses and part of uniform costs. They also give plenty of t-shirts but I have told them that maintenance...23 replies | 1483 view(s) -
01-18-2021, 09:24 PMdrills are going to be faster . stab them in and go . then clean up w/ endmills . the drill is the most efficient way to remove material. when you...8 replies | 134 view(s) -
01-18-2021, 09:23 PMYikes, just plain ball roller bearings? Now I'm going to have to tear into mine and see if that's the case with it also. I would have expected...36 replies | 2328 view(s) -
01-18-2021, 09:21 PMI think Just a Sparky is on to something. The tool angles don't look at all good for rotating cutters (e.g., D-bits), and seem equally inappropriate...8 replies | 364 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 09:20 PMriftware replied to a thread Help with remote speed and direction control for VFD in Transformers, Phase Converters and VFDPotentiometer, 10KB rotary with center tap - Syntaur Center tap potentiometer. I do like the notion of putting a arduino or something of that...3 replies | 77 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 09:20 PMwonderful!!4 replies | 326 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 09:19 PMmichiganbuck replied to a thread "Swiss-Army" 1-2-3 Block: The Multi-Purpose Machining Tool! in GeneralAnimal rights people have acclaimed support of this new product because with chunks of steel made into this device there will be fewer chunks of...86 replies | 3580 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 09:18 PMpianoman8t8 replied to a thread Need help understanding 120v auxiliary circuit in a Syncrowave 300 welder in Transformers, Phase Converters and VFDI know I'm digging up an old post (really old) but, as I find myself digging around the internet trying to see how other people have powered a...26 replies | 11006 view(s) -
01-18-2021, 09:12 PMNice score! I've not gone to any auctions, figured my "wants" would be larger than my wallet or shop space. But every so often I hear stories like...86 replies | 3580 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 09:11 PMjerholz replied to a thread Help identifying and repairing this japanese vise in Antique Machinery and HistoryNope. It's just massive and seems like a useful thing to have around the shop. It's also an excuse to learn how to cut an internal acme thread. ...20 replies | 761 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 09:09 PMPlease do. My old-style blue 10HP PP has a decade of service on it, and I should probably be prepared to make the replacement.1 replies | 83 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 09:08 PMAs part of my cleanout I've started working the various smaller pieces through the parts washer. One of the pieces is the shifter gear - I'm trying...18 replies | 1219 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 09:07 PMReviving an old thread. I am refreshing a 1941 13"x5' and am in need of the drive screws for the ID tag, QCGB plate and a few others. I'm not sure...8 replies | 1474 view(s) -
01-18-2021, 09:03 PMSalty potato I don’t see 10 seconds as you describe it. I see you have about 1 maybe 2 seconds to drop below 500C before you hit the bainite curve....26 replies | 1342 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 09:00 PModdly enough I bought a big wood cabinet at a machine shop auction for nothing. It was just the right size and look to build into a wall in my shop...86 replies | 3580 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 08:55 PMlynnw started a thread Hexagon Brown and Sharpe CMM 343,454,2000, Microv setting up replacment control panel in GeneralHello, has anybody had experience setting up Brown and Sharpe Reflex Control Box, to the scales on the CMM? Need procedure to do this, too get scales...0 replies | 2 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 08:53 PMWill try to answer all. As for tooling I have hss roughing end mills in 3/8” and 1/2” and 1/2” carbide 4 flute end mills. I don’t have flood...8 replies | 134 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 08:50 PMdundeeshopnut replied to a thread Help identifying and repairing this japanese vise in Antique Machinery and HistoryFollowing this one and have a question. Does this vise have sentimental or some other hidden value unapparent to me to make it worth the effort to...20 replies | 761 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 08:50 PMthanks for the help and tips, i don't see alot of info out there either on a series 60. may contact monarch themselves for a little help. they did...5 replies | 278 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 08:49 PMjlegge replied to a thread Keighley UK Machine Tool builders - Question in Antique Machinery and HistorySounds like this was the UK version of precision valley or our Cincinnati area where machine tool builders were concentrated here in the U.S. Thank...6 replies | 225 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 08:48 PMI'm in the chain drill and corncob rougher camp. Pocketing is hard to get the chips out, your best bet is a plexiglass shield and an air blow gun. ...8 replies | 134 view(s) -
01-18-2021, 08:48 PMI know a gentleman that is good with a vertical mill. I bet we can figure something out.3 replies | 176 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 08:46 PMI know the motor on mine is out of balance. It's another thing to take apart and see if I can correct it. I haven't gotten to the wheel balancing...36 replies | 2328 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 08:43 PMBased on what I've read ... Yes. The carbide gets really hot really quickly, but since it's in and out of the cut relatively quickly (compared to...8 replies | 223 view(s) -
01-18-2021, 08:40 PMHi, I'm having trouble 304 no mill so good using endmill and a holder oh, also a CNC24 replies | 886 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 08:38 PMIf it were me I think I'd contact the closest Canadian Consulate in your area. They can advise you of the step by step process.2 replies | 162 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 08:37 PMOn light duty machines you're generally better off with a smaller solid carbide or indexable endmill with light depth of cut and high feedrate if you...8 replies | 134 view(s)
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01-18-2021, 08:36 PMdkmc replied to a thread shear gap adjustment in Fabrication: CNC Laser, Waterjet, Plasma, Welding & FabEvery shear maintenance manual I've ever read, and any sheet metal or fabricating book I've ever seen specifies .xxx thousandths of an inch of...46 replies | 2586 view(s) -
01-18-2021, 08:36 PMI built a few brakes to stop a planner heads (without brakes the heads would coast 20 mins or so )It takes a interlocked starter like a forward rev...2 replies | 117 view(s) -
01-18-2021, 08:31 PMI can eat alot of metal with a roughing or corn cobb cutter and spray mist or coolant flow to clear the chips. Thats on mills like yours put in low...8 replies | 134 view(s)
